• Contravariant@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If you place killing an ideal beyond implementing your own you’re making exactly the same mistake.

    The best we’ve come up with is to try to ensure people are educated and well informed and only a majority can make certain decisions. Not all countries are doing too well on all 3 (heck the U.S. doesn’t even manage to ensure decisions require a majority) but if an ideal gets accepted under anything resembling those conditions then killing the bigots is no longer an option.

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        2 months ago

        Absolutely not.

        WWII was an excellent example of how some actions cannot be meet with peace.

        If you think you can suppress an ideal with violence, you have a poor grasp of the situation.

        One can respond to ideals that are bad by having a better, more effective way of life - one that addresses the underlying needs that those with bad ideals are trying to meet, and that has a path for them to join you.

        But if you simply suppress it, it will fester and grow.